[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 144 (Thursday, October 25, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H7311-H7312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL IS CRUEL HOAX PLAYED UPON AMERICA

  (Ms. CARSON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, on a daily basis we come in and 
put our right hand over our heart and say, ``I pledge allegiance to the 
Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it 
stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for 
all.''
  For the Democratic Party to be criticized for being opposed to this 
cruel hoax that passed the House of Representatives under the guise of 
an omnibus economic stimulus bill is a cruel hoax played upon America.
  Mr. Speaker, there is not a day that we do not see scripts at the 
bottom of the screen on television about people losing their jobs. 
Yesterday, Hershey closed down, 1,100 people immediately lost their 
jobs.

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  We bailed out the airline industry, only to see all of these airline 
people getting laid off. This House has not done anything for the very 
least of these people. We are spiritual, I believe; but Members are 
going to have to help my belief.

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